[sunshine state]

I'm with you. I told people at work that I never use cake mixes and that my pie crusts are also made from scratch and they were totally amazed. In my famuly we always cooked and baked. It tastes better and it's better for you. I don't usually do anything fancy either. How hard is it to peel, boil and mash some potatoes, cook a pork chop, cook some broccoli and throw together a salad? You could even use salad in a bag if you're desperate for time.

After listening to some of the customers at work, I'm convinced that some of the behavior problems we see with children come from not eating right. Frozen French toast in the morning, hot dog for lunch, and take out pizza for dinner. Lovely!

[who knows what evil?]

After listening to some of the customers at work, I'm convinced that some of the behavior problems we see with children come from not eating right. Frozen French toast in the morning, hot dog for lunch, and take out pizza for dinner. Lovely!

Not to mention all the health problems, as well. Have you ever seen as many grossly overweight children as the present? With their utter ignorance of health and nutrition, can you imagine what THEIR children are going to look like? Doctors will be busy!

[Dianna]

I don't usually do anything fancy either. How hard is it to peel, boil and mash some potatoes, cook a pork chop, cook some broccoli and throw together a salad? You could even use salad in a bag if you're desperate for time.

Oh, this kind of cooking I can do. I have trouble knowing when broccoli is done though, I always take it off too early. And I can make Very Good chicken enchiladas because my mother taught me that.

But being limited, food gets very boring and I cannot improvise well.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

that my pie crusts are also made from scratch

This is my next thing to conquer, making a flaky pie crust. I haven't made a lot of pies but we're getting a lot of peaches now so I might try again. I'm best with brownies and cookies.

How hard is it to peel, boil and mash some potatoes, cook a pork chop, cook some broccoli and throw together a salad

This is true. I've noticed it takes about the same effort to prepare real food as it does to follow directions on a box. I guess it's just intimidating to some.

You could even use salad in a bag if you're desperate for time

This makes me laugh. My aunt told me this story about one of her daughter's friends (who didn't cook). She opened up a bag of salad, poured it in the bowl, and was so excited because 'she was cooking'!

I'm convinced that some of the behavior problems we see with children come from not eating right.

I would absolutely agree. I'm an adult, and I feel sick if I eat out too much.